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TIL From at least the 14th century, belief in a flat Earth among the educated was almost nonexistent.

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EgWg7 TIL about the Danish Protest Pig, a breed created in the early 1900s by Danes under Prussian rule. Unable to display their red-and-white national flag, they bred pigs with a similar color pattern as a symbolic act of rebellion. The breed is now recognized as a cultural symbol of resistance.
W7kOY TIL: The Coconut Monk was a pacifist mystic who founded the Coconut Religion in Vietnam. He lived on an island, meditated in a palm tree for hours every day, had a cat and mouse as his companions, made shards of bombs into a gong, and went to prison for his opposition to the Vietnam War.
weoM TIL John Lennon once saw a UFO. Lennon called his photographer who told him to call the police, but Lennon laughed and said, “I’m not going to call up the newspaper and say, ‘This is John Lennon and I saw a flying saucer last night’.”
epaOD TIL the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt, 40 km southeast of Inukjuak, Quebec, contained fossils that have been dated to 4,388 million years ago. If this is confirmed, it would make these microorganisms the oldest lifeform on Earth. The Earth is estimated to have formed 4.54 billion years ago.
YpOpv TIL every year, half a million Italian people claim they are possessed, demanding an exorcism. Demands for exorcisms are also growing globally. In response to the rise, the Vatican even held a week-long exorcism course for 200 priests.